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Since the December session, the activities of the Government had been intense, a large part of them being a follow-up to the recommendations made by delegations.

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Looking to the future, the community’s efforts in this area will be focused on finalizing the legal instrument and its adoption by member States; boosting the active participation of national commissions on small arms and light weapons; implementing the border programme, especially in the area of cross-border security; drawing up and implementing a police cooperation mechanism to address the issue of the six lawless zones; operationalizing the Gulf of Guinea securitization strategy in coordination with the Economic Community of West African States and, of course, with our international partners; implementing the policy of security sector reform in order to ensure that State armaments are traceable; providing support of all types to ensure the success of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes at rates of around 90 per cent by 2015; and strengthening civil society organizations with regard to information, awareness-raising and social networking.

We are also working intensively to continue strengthening bilateral and regional cooperation under the principles of international law, safeguarding due respect for the sovereign jurisdiction of States over their territorial seas, and managing resources in the exclusive economic zone.

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Provision of advice, through meetings and draft policy papers and particularly through the services of an international consultant to be hired through a project with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the National Parliament’s Committee A on constitutional affairs, justice, administration, local power and Government legislation and promotion of the establishment of a reparation scheme for the human rights victims in line with recommendations of the Truth, Reception and Reconciliation Commission and the report of the Secretary-General on justice and reconciliation (S/2006/580), including the establishment of a solidarity fund Yes A concept paper on the Truth, Reception and Reconciliation Commission/Commission of Truth and Friendship was finalized; a follow-up working group was formed, which included an international consultant.

A public statement by community leaders on the legal findings of responsibility, followed by an intensive awareness-raising campaign on the judgement and a declaration to the effect that child victims of recruitment should not be held legally or morally responsible for their actions as combatants during the conflict, would be the best guarantee of non-repetition.

The rapid sequence of these major events is a good measure of the commitment of the international community to Afghanistan and the Afghan people, and of its interest in seizing the opportunity to consolidate the foundations of security, social and economic development and the regional integration of Afghanistan.

Also lined up for the month is the Children for Child Protection Forum, which will bring together some 500 children from states across Malaysia to discuss five of their key protection concerns: bullying, Internet safety, emotional abuse, feeling safe at home and being safe in a relationship.

With regard to the ethnic minorities, and given the intensification of military activity in ethnic areas, she asked whether the Special Rapporteur had noted an increase in human rights abuses, in particular with regard to the use of child soldiers and forced labour.

The security and governance gains produced by the Afghan and international military and civilian surges have, as Secretary Clinton put it, created an opportunity to get serious about a responsible reconciliation process led by Afghans and supported by intense regional diplomacy and strong United States backing.

It is notable that recent sniper attacks on Azerbaijani civilians, visits by the Armenian high-ranking officials to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and their hostile statements coincided with the intensification of peace efforts.

More than a year into the planning, the Chamber’s Representative Office made its debut in Shanghai on October 20, poised to serve as a strategic contact point to help corporate members and trade association members develop new business linkages with China.